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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-northern-ireland-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1991/364",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-northern-ireland-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note Is not part of the Rules.)\nThese Rules set out the detailed procedure for the conduct of all company and individual insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and otherwise give effect to that Order. The insolvency proceedings concerned are -\ncompany voluntary arrangements (Part 1 of the Rules),\nadministration (Part 2),\nappointment of receiver or manager; administrative receivership (Part 3),\ncompanies winding up (Part 4),\nindividual voluntary arrangements (Part 5), and\nbankruptcy (Part 6).\nParts 7 to 12 of the Rules apply to both company and individual insolvency proceedings and are concerned with the following matters -\ncourt procedure and practice (Part 7),\nproxies and company representation (Part 8),\nexamination of persons concerned in company and individual insolvency (Part 9),\nofficial receivers (Part 10),\ndeclaration and payment of dividend (winding up and bankruptcy) (Part 11 ), and\nmiscellaneous and general (Part 12).\nThe Arrangement of Rules at the beginning of these Rules lists the numbers and contents of all the Rules and Schedules. The Rules come into operation on the day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 359 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and generally apply to all insolvency proceedings commenced on or after that date. The Rules also apply to such proceedings commenced before that date to which provisions of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 are applied by Schedule 8 to that Order to the extent necessary to give effect to those provisions. In addition, Rules 6.003-CP, 7.30 and 7.31 expressly provide for their application to insolvency proceedings, whenever commenced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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